Ivan Stupnytskyi Explained

Ivan Stupnytskyi
Birth Name:Ivan Saturnin Stupnytskyi
Birth Date:16 October 1816
Birth Place:Sukhorichya, Austrian Empire
Death Place:Przemyśl, Austria-Hungary Empire
Bishop Of:Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Przemyśl, Sambir and Sanok
Ordination:9 June 1842 (Priest)
Ordained By:Hryhoriy Yakhymovych
Consecration:20 October 1872 (Bishop)
Consecrated By:Joseph Sembratovych
Term:20 October 1872 – 22 December 1890
Predecessor:Joseph Sembratovych, as Ap. Administrator
Successor:Julian Sas-Kuilovsky, as Ap. Administrator

Ivan Stupnytskyi (Ukrainian: Іван Сатурнін Ступницький, Polish: Jan Saturnin Stupnicki; 16 October 1816 – 22 December 1890) was a Ukrainian Greek Catholic hierarch in present-day Ukraine and Poland. He was the Eparchial Bishop of the Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Przemyśl, Sambir and Sanok from 1872 to 1890.

Born in Sukhorichya, Austrian Empire (present day – Lviv Oblast, Ukraine) in the family of judge Andriy and his wife Anastasiya (née Bilyavska) Stupnytskti in 1816. He was ordained a priest on 9 June 1842 by Bishop Hryhoriy Yakhymovych. He worked as a Cancellor of the Greek-Catholic Archeparchy of Lviv from 1858 to 1872.[1]

He was confirmed by the Holy See as an Eparchial Bishop of the Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Przemyśl, Sambir and Sanok on 8 September 1872. He was consecrated to the Episcopate on 20 October 1872. The principal consecrator was Metropolitan Joseph Sembratovych with 3 another co-consecrators.[2]

He died in Przemyśl on 22 December 1890.

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Notes and References

  1. Encyclopedia: † Ks. Jan Saturnus Stupnicki. Gazeta Przemyska. 103. 1. Przemyśl. 24 December 1890.
  2. Web site: catholic-hierarchy.org. Bishop Ivan (Jan Saturnin) Stupnyckyj (Stupnicki). 2016-06-25.